Hi Ty, My question is, if you go to a CP4 just for this purpose, HOW LONG would your (particular) smartphone run its intended Planetarium program just to operate the AP mount, until the phone battery

Definitely agree with Mike. I kept my AP-900 atop its G11-HD tripod, often with a Questar-7 on top, right next to the bookcase in the family room, so that it was a quick take down for travel to the ba

Ray, Since it was possible to add a new Park-5 position, would it be very difficult to add another, user specified, HOME Park position to the Keypad firmware and APCC SETTINGS “scope site dependent” t

Hi Mike, Don’t understand the day test problem – why can’t you just open the roof? I am guessing you aren’t fully “computer-remote” set up, so the roof requires “manual” opening? Good luck with the te

Mike, Why wait for nightfall to confirm this ASCOM start-up situation ? If it isn’t raining, and you are available, this problem could be investigated even during the day. You don’t need a star test,

Ron, Your linked article describes their product as strictly a “BENCH TOP switching power supply”, with no mention of its operating temperature range, (obviously, not required), if used outdoors – or

************ BRAVO, maestro Dave ! Thanks for getting the AP mount’s geared-orchestra in-tune, playing the same opus, right from the mount’s carton “grand opening”. Joe Z.

Hi again ... Chris I awoke today and just realized I left out a few important points in my TEAMVIEWER advice on your posted subject (Nov. 30). First, I forgot to say that to guarantee a solid WiFi con

Chris, I do just that – TeamViewer MASTER (i.e. Host) is running on the scope computer, and the kitchen computer runs TeamViewer Slave (Guest). I think I got that right. You need a copy of TV (free do

Hi, Besides all the other god suggestions, I wonder if the cable would slip off more easily, if the knobs were “conical” on the underside – like a vortex shape. Then there would be no “windmill” to co

Thanks Ray, That all makes good sense. I also checked the speed of the CP4 WIFI, about 3 feet away from the laptop’s external USB antenna, and I see the CP4 reception is 65 Mpbs compared to the 300 Mb

Hi Ray, Just noticed a strange thing when I use the “E-NET POLL” utility, offered in the CP4 user guide. As soon as I close this program’s response box, it triggers an APCC shutdown sequence. Of cours

Hi Ray, After a very long hiatus from astronomy as CP4 was in for repairs, I finally got around to checking it out with APCC – this time using more comms connectivity options than just my usual trusty

Jack, Glad you found the source of the problem. However, I am curious about the USB channels used with each camera. Are both cameras USB-2 or is the higher res camera a USB-3. Perhaps there is a data

Jack, Perhaps you got caught in a Win-10 Update, which can take a tremendous amount of time, especially with small sized memory. You may already know about this, but let me repeat anyway. To determine

Since you have RAPAS problems with your MACH-1, depending on the serial number/year – If yours is older than 2014, do you have the “special” RAPAS ADAPTER PLATE attached for it? The only mount not nee

Wayne, I found the DEWBUSTER company webpage particularly informative, with diagrams explaining the problem, and proper placement of dew heaters. See:: http://www.dewbuster.com/faq-1a-questions.html#G

Rolando, Actually, I don’t find the nearly inaudible gear noise to be a problem., especially if it is completely gone after about 5 feet away, even in a closely spaced neighbourhood of homes, in the d

Jon, PemPro is the best polar align and PEC curve creation setup tool there is – bar none ! I can’t imagine doing useful work without it. Even if you just rely on the excellent tracking performance of

Chris, Of course you are right – my apologies to you for my going somewhat off the deep end. Frustrations with the way AP has handled such repeated customer cases, finally got to me. Joe From: 'Christ